Improvement in metallic bands for baling cotton



JOHN nowNEs..

lmprovement in lVletalllc Bands for Ealing Cotton, &c. Non 120,727' y iPatented Nov., 7,1871.

ydfege/dZfQf/f. JOHN DOWNES.

`fifsffvImprovement in Mletal'lc Bands for Baling Cotton, &c2

` i Patented Nov. 71,1871.

JOHN DOWNES, OF HANDSWORTH, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEVMENT IN METALLIC BANDS FOR BALING COTTON, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,727, dated November'7, 1871.

To all whom it mol/y concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN DOWNEs, of Hands- Worth, in the county ofStafford, England, merchant, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain,have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements in MetallicHoops or Bands for Baling Cotton, and for other like purposes; and I,the said JOHN DOWNES, do hereby declare the nature of the saidinvention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to beparticui larly described and ascertained in and by the followingstatement thereof-that is to say:

Metallic hoops or bands for baling cotton and for other like purposes,as ordinarily, made consist of continuous strips of hoop-iron of alength sufficient to pass aroundthe bale, leaving the necessaryoverlapping parts for fastening the hoop or band. My invention consistsin making the said hoops or bands of two or more pieces or lengths ofhoop-iron hinged or jointed together in the manner hereinafterexplained. Hoops or bands made according to my invention are moreconveniently packed for transit and occupy less room than ordinaryhoops. Further, the facility which my invention affords for using shortlengths of hoop-iron permits the hoops or bands to be manufactured moreeconomically than ordinary continuous hoops. In making metallic hoops orbands according to my invention I joint or hinge the pieces or shortlengths of hoop-iron together by means of joints of any convenientconstruction; but I prefer to use a joint made in the following manner:I take a double-branched joint-pinand pass around the branches of thepin, the ends of the strips or pieces to be jointed together, and I makeat the overlapping part of each strip an eye or loop to turn freely uponthe joint-pin after the manner of the knuckle of a door-hinge. Theoverlapping partsof each strip being rivetted to the ends of the strips,are jointed together, the jointed parts being capable of moving freelyand of lying fiat, or nearly so, upon one another, or of opening out toany angle. The hoop or band may be composed of two strips or pieces ofthe required length, or of more than two strips or pieces.

Figure l of the accompanying drawing represents a metallic hoop or bandapplied to a bale, the said hoop or band being made of three pieces orlengths of hoop-iron, marked, respectively, a b c, hinged or jointedtogether by the joints at d d.

Fig. 2 represents in edge view, and Fig. 3 in plan, the jointed metallichoop or band, Fig. l, folded flat for transit. Fig. 4 represents ametallic hoop or band applied to a bale, the said hoop or band beingmade of two pieces or lengths of hoop-iron, marked, respectively, o f,hinged or jointed together by the joint g. Fig. 5 represents in edgeview, and Fig. 6 in plan, the jointed hoop or band, Fig. 4, folded iiatfor transit. One of the joints of the jointed hoops or bands representedin Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4., 5, and 6 is represented on a larger scale in backelevation in Fig. 7 edge view in Fig. 8; and front elevation in Fig. 9.

In jointing the short pieces or lengths of the hoop or band together Itake a double-branched joint-pin, l1., and pass around the two branchesof the said pin the ends of the strips or pieces to be jointed togetherand form at the overlapping parts eyes or loops t' i, to turn freely onthe joint-pin. riveted at k to the ends of the strips or pieces, asillustrated in the drawing. The ends of the strips or short pieces ofhoop-iron are thus jointed together, the jointed parts being capable ofturning freely on one another and of lying flat, or nearly so, upon oneanother, or of opening out to any angle.

Although I find that the particular kind 1" joint represented in thedrawing is simple and efficient, yet I do not limit myself thereto, asjoints of other constructions may be employed with the same or nearlythe same effect; for example, a tie or buckle-frame made of malleableiron, consisting of three parallel bars, two outer bars, and a middlebar may be used. In this case the ends of the short pieces of lengths ofhoop-iron are passed around the outer bars of the tie or buckle-frameand the overlapping ends riveted together, as described with respect toFigs. 7, 8, and 9, the outer bars of the frame constituting joint-pins,upon which the jointed ends of the pieces or lengths may turn freely. Oreyes or knuckles may be made on the ends of the pieces or lengths ofhoop-iron after the manner of an ordinary hinge-joint, as illustrated inFigs. l0, 1l, and l2, Fig. l0 showing the pieces or lengths before theyare jointed together, and Figs. 11 and 12 the same after they have beenjointed together. The eyes or knuckles on'the ends of the pieces orlengths of hoop-iron are marked l, and the joint-pin passed through thesaid eyes or The overlapping parts or loops i i are knuckles after theyhave been tted together is marked m.

Having described my invention, and the manner in which the same is ormay be carried into eect, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, afolding metallic band for balingcotton and like purposes, constructed as herein described, consistingvof tWo ormore sections of hoop-iron hinged together, substantially asshown and set forth, to allow of said sections being folded tlattogether for transportation.

JOHN DOWNES. [L. s] Witnesses:

GEORGE SHAW, RICHARD SKERRETT,

7 Cannon steet, Birmingham. (7)

